Air-ship.



M- H. WHALEN.

AIR SHIP.

APPLIOATION mum 1.23.7, 1903.

Patented May 18, 1909.

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1% ATTORNEY M. H. WHALBN.

AIR SHIP.

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922,228, Patented May18,1909.

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WITNESSES mmvmn 9W 3 W 3 WW M. H. WHA LEN.

AIR SHIP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1908.

922,228. Patented May 18, 1909.

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ATIUHND WIT/VESSFS To all whom 1'! may ooncem:

the lower endso hthe -vertiea MICHAEL H. wHA LEN; ()F NEW YORK, N. Y.'

Antsmr.

fl pecificstion of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15. IQ Q.

aliplloationnled spun, 1908. Serial No. 425.151.

is it known that I, Mic-inst H. VVHALEX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Xen' York, in the county of New York and State oi New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Air-Ships, of which the following is a specificationfor its obect theadditiooof certain features to apes ag or hallo'on to give buoyancy to the up and assist in its propulsion and direction, as will be more'fully explained in the Fig. :2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a i I 3 sit-ion normally.

front-view Fig.4 is avertical sectional view of the car. i This invention is an air ship of that type in which ab'alloon is employed to elevate and hold in suspension a car to contain the operators, passengers and the propelling and steeling mechanism and as is usual the'lmlloon' 5 is confined within 1: netting or light frame work from which the car hangs and has an inflating nipple 5; The balloon is in this inst-ance'inoloserl in a frame oroagc metal 'convergin" to the end pieces 7 and to members 8 of this frame is attached the our 9 constructed of very light'rnoteria-l yet having sufiirient strength tosupport the passengers and u paratus above referred to; This car 9'is1 ivided into three compartments, the lower one 10 for storage, the intermediate section I! for the mach nery and 12 for the housed in with lass as at 13.- v p The rear of-t e-car c es. a rudder 14 which is hinged to sameand is turned onits hinges by. means of a Ipilot wheel 15 atthe forward end of the doc 12 and through i the medium of the chain or rope 16 running on the pivotal shat to the rear of the carand around a wheel}? 18 of the rudder carrying :ler 14 is onelongated ian 'and is rotated throu h the medium of i the frame 19.. The n worm ea 20 at t emotor 21 which rotates t ash is 22 having a. universal joint 23- 'to errnit of the movement'of tlrerfldder on the shaft 18 while it rotates;

The motive'force is 'zrei'm'ohlan electric means 0 the battery 24 and not onlv. operates-the rudder but r9 tates mt propelling ions 25, four or more in 6 of light the upper one or-deok v asseugers and mayi' be partly 'tl1rougli tl1e necessary belting.

number situated at the front and rear oi the car and whose shafts 26 mss through some from side toside. These ans not onlypropel but their roustrueliun assist in raising: the

om. The balloon is surmounu-il by a canopy 2 7 sup 'iort-ed by the frame 6-, and Cullen: on

grep 1e col cctor 31 or nhir h may he used for other purposes sueli as lines or decorut-ions. The'hngs .58 are adorned to hung. thicenopyBZ and to retainit in a horizontal p 1'- hen the motor 2! 1. in

operation it will bc'seen that sir tin-rents 'created ii the fans 32'will he conveyed upwordlv through the pipes and dist-hamle therefromnpon the under side of the canopy.

heavier or atural air to form what 'mnv he :1 rou'n: the

termed a" buoyant luyerentirel in ('l to said conopv thus greatly assisting raising of t n: machine.

. 'Ateach side of the .eoi' are inelosed fans or. blowers'32 discharging into vert-icnlpipes 33 whichtel'min'a tebenehth the eanopv. 'l'hese fans are carried by shafts 34' which puss through the car, have -pulle 's'35 which ow driven by thepulle'ys 36cm the motor-shaft 'l'heflslmfts also have pulleys .37 which carry hell driven hr the motor. g 5 At em: 1 end of the ship is an ewniplnne which is in the nature of n suiltho up ier ends h'eing carrie'd'b farms 3Q su iporter h the end pieces 7. he sides of t w soil s having eyes 40 to run on the rmls 41. and 'lhey in; furled and unfurled'hy the ropes 4:2; 3 hen these soils are set the rear one lean-hes the wind and aids in pushing the ear forum-(innit if found desirable either one or the other may or balloon 5 und huge:

and by rezlson of the shape of said rnnupy .38 it will to oon that i the fans 14 and 25 also exert n fol-re lo lift-t he ship'lwsidqs propel ill The soil -.38 also nlrove referred to.

assist in tho elevating and propulsion oi zlur 5 llingmi ut the. roar of the car and rotated by .-.lu'lp.' r the motor.

t is obvious that n gas uiotornmy lvc cmi 13. In an air ship, the combination with it played instead of theclcctric motor or any gas bag, of a wire frame surrounding same, motor of light constwction and a maximum l a canopy above the frame and bag, cross olficiency may'b used. i arms at each end of the frame, a car hung Other modifications and alterations 'ma i from. the frame, u'ircs connecting the ends of he. made in the construction of the device. the c-rossar111s with the car, flexible pianos ithout departing from the essential features carried on the wires and adapted to be lowercd and raised, and proaielling fans.

In testimony whereof nilix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.MICHAEL H. WHALEX.

What I claim as new and desire to 'sccura by Letters Patent is: i

1. In an air ship, thccombination with a gas bag, of a wine cage surrounding the same, 1: cano iyon the cage, supplemental gas bags rarricti by the canopy, a car witlr'a motor W itncsscs JA Es I". D CHANEL hung from the cageand a revolving rudder MAI-1 W. CLINTON. 

